2039 – Bob Marley and The Wailers – Zion train (1980)

 

Escrita por Bob Marley, fo gravada entre janeiro e abril de 1980 e lançada no disco Uprising, o décimo segundo disco de Bob e último antes dele morrer. Foi produzida por Chris Blackwell e Bob Marley. Bob cantou, tocou guitarra e violão. Aston Barrett tocou baixo, piano e percussão. Carlton Barrett tocou bateria e percussão. Carlton Davis tocou bateria. Tyrone Downie tocou teclado e fez backing vocals. Alvin Patterson tocou percussão. Junior Marvin tocou guitarra solo e backing vocals. Earl Lindo tocou teclado. Al Anderson tocou guitarra solo. Rita Marley, Marcia Griffiths e Judy Mowatt fizeram backing vocals.

A letra:

Zion train is coming our way
The Zion train is coming our way
Oh, people, get on board! (You better get on board!)
Thank the Lord (Praise Fari)
I gotta catch a train, 'cause there is no other station
Then you going in the same direction (Ooh-ooh)

Zion train is coming our way
The Zion train is coming our way

Which man can save his brother's soul? (Save your brother's soul)
Oh man, it's just self control (Oo-hoo-oo!)
Don't gain the world and lose your soul (Just don't lose your soul)
Wisdom is better than silver and gold
To the bridge (Ooh-ooh!)

Oh, where there's a will
There's always a way
Where there's a will
There's always a way (Way, way, way, way)

Soul train is coming our way, er!
Zion train is coming our way

Two thousand years of history (History)
Could not be wiped away so easily
Two thousand years of history (Black history)
Could not be wiped so easily (Could not be wiped so easily)

Oh, children, Zion train is comin' our way, get on board now!
They said the Zion train is comin' our way
You got a ticket, so thank the Lord!

Zion train is
Zion train is
Zion train is
Zion train

They said the soul train is coming our way
They said the soul train is coming our way

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